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Motherhood and women's earnings in Anglo-American, Continental European, and Nordic Countries

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  • Wendy Sigle-Rushton
  • Jane Waldfogel

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The earnings of mothers make up an important, but difficult to quantify, component of parental expenditures on children. This paper compares the long-term earnings of women with children, women without children, and men. The study conducts separate analyses for less educated, moderately educated, and highly educated people in eight Anglo-American, Continental European, and Nordic countries. The study finds that, for the most part, these countries cluster into three groups, with mothers in the Continental European group experiencing the largest earnings differentials, mothers in the Nordic group experiencing the smallest, and mothers in the Anglo-American countries occupying the middle position.

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  • Wendy Sigle-Rushton & Jane Waldfogel, 2007. "Motherhood and women's earnings in Anglo-American, Continental European, and Nordic Countries," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(2), pages 55-91.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:13:y:2007:i:2:p:55-91
    DOI: 10.1080/13545700601184849
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    Keywords

    Earnings; gender; labor market; motherhood; JEL Codes: J18; J1; J;
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    JEL classification:

    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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